two things i noticed on the few blogs i’m following, maybe they’re still experimenting with the plugin but…
from their websites i don’t see in evidence somewhere, something like a predefined ‘about’ page with the activitypub name and the like.
Mostly the discover happen when the owners share once their blog AP address from within a mastodon account, which in theory they don’t even have to have.
if you try to comment a blog article from the website, would be cool to be presented with an option “comment / like from a fediverse account” that will popup the usual way
This is also a great option for subscribing to a blog you didn’t know that was on the fediverse
This is the first release under the umbrella of #Automattic!
Thanks to Automattic and all the fantastic people who helped with this great release!
@mattwiebe for the amazing new blocks! @mediaformat for the http-signatures @jeremy for several Jetpack compatibilities @nuriapenya for the design of the settings and blocks @donnacavalier for all the texts and documentation @alex for a lot of big and small contributions
It is planned to have a really simple version for $name.wordpress.com sites, without all the setup options that are currently possible, to not distract/confuse users. For the first release, the username will be $name.wordpress.com@$name.wordpress.com
@feditips not all Platforms are interoperable yet, the Messengers are missing and they won't open their walled gardens easily while arguing with Security for the Users... 🙄 @pfefferle
@pfefferle I'm still impatiently waiting for the next version (incl. commit b97d364) to get my company started. Do you have any idea when you can release it?
what do we have to do to make the #ActivityPub plugin attractive to more #WordPress users? We are currently at 4000+ active users on WordPress.org + the WordPress.com users.
I think what Stefan may be talking about is a kind of directory that lists available fediverse wordpress blog accounts, perhaps along with the profile description and gives you the option to follow them.
@pfefferle I would love to see ActivityPub get put into WordPress Core, and an interface developed capable of reading articles from other ActivityPub-enabled WordPress blogs.
One real headache we have right now with @wedistribute is that we want to output our articles as the Article type, but Mastodon doesn't support that. We can switch to Note, but that's more of a social status thing, rather than something specifically intended for publishing platforms and readers.
I think a picture of what this could ultimately might look like is:
Make ActivityPub a standard thing in every blog that's easy to turn on.
Add sections to the dashboard for user following and notifications of ActivityPub interactions.
Turn the like, bookmark, and reply functions into ActivityPub actions.
incorporate it in such a way that articles, likes, and responses can be seen within the WordPress dashboard.
The dashboard also has a section for following feeds. Basically, the WordPress.com reader, but ActivityPub-powered, and a standard part of WordPress.
RE: ActivityPub Plugin for WordPress: let's assume I would work on a feature that would allow you to follow a complete blog, what would be the best identifier for that account? @feed@example.org? @blog@example.com?
What are your ideas?
Thanks @pfefferle! All I did was implement the protocol as many others have done. Half the credit would go to you as well for the other end of the integration!
It is really cool to be able to follow a blog from a forum. Are comments from the fediverse integrated?